Mobile Fever Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over forty million people in Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will soon have one – or two, or three!
They can be expensive and are possibly bad for us. You can spend a lot of money if you use your mobile a lot. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we’ll cook our brains. Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer.
Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and ‘texting’ is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as ‘How RU?’ in Japan, Surveys show teenagers are reading less and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners. A big problem in Britain is crime. Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft.
As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles, you can log on the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs and take photos to send to your friends.
Read the text and give a short answer.
7. Is crime a small problem in Britain?
1. Bread is eaten every day.
2. The letter was received yesterday.
3. Nick will be sent to Moscow next week.
4. I was asked at the lesson yesterday.
5. I was given a very interesting book at the library last Friday.
6. Not many houses are built in our town every year.
7.This work will be done tomorrow.
8. This text was translated at the last lesson.
9. These trees were planted last autumn.
10. A lot of interesting games always are played at our PT lessons.
11. This bone will be given to my dog tomorrow.
12. We were invited to a concert last Saturday.
13. Lost time never is found again.
14. Rome wasn't built in a day.
15. My question was answered two days ago.
16. Hockey is played in winter.
17. Mushrooms were gathered in autumn.
18. Thousands of houses were destroyed during the Great Fire of London.
19. His new book will be finished next year.
20. Flowers are sold in shops and in the streets.
21. St Petersburg was founded in1703.